To formally welcome as well as extensively orient the freshmen and returning SorSUeños on University policies and guidelines, Sorsogon State University – Sorsogon City Campus (SorSU-Sorsogon City Campus) is currently conducting a five-day collegewide student orientation from August 29-30, September 01, and September 04, 2023, at the SorSU Audio-visual Hall, Sorsogon City Campus.
Day 1 of the student orientation was participated by students from the College of Teacher Education and Midwifery (CoTEdM) for the morning session, which began with the welcome remarks of Dr. Telesforo D. Escoto (Campus Director, Sorsogon City Campus). Following the welcome speech was an inspirational message from SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, in a video presentation, wherein she guaranteed that the new administration ensures that the opening of the classes is safe to the learners, educators, and the entire community in the new normal. She remarked, “It is our dream that we shall rise as one, and nobody must be left behind. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 — 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣, 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚-𝙤𝙛-𝙩𝙝𝙚-𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩-𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.”
President De Jesus concluded her speech addressed to all SorSUeños, “𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘜.𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦, “𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩, 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙎𝙐. 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙡 𝙨𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙤 𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙝𝙖𝙮 𝙠𝙤.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (Vice President for Academic Affairs), in his inspirational message, shared a few pieces of advice to the SorSUeños that he hopes will help the students succeed in college and beyond. He said, “𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵.”
Likewise, Dr. Ricafort also reminded the students that the choices they make, the actions they take, and the attitude that they adopt will shape their future. Hence, he encouraged the SorSUeños to dream big, work hard, and never stop believing in themselves. He advised, “𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 — 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.”
Afterward, the inspirational messages were followed by the introduction of deans, program chairs, and members of the faculty. Prof. Maria Crisanta M. Jarque (Director, OSDS) provided an overview of the offices/units under the Office of Student Development and Services (OSDS). In addition, the following student services/units also presented during the student orientation, namely: Health Services Unit, Safety and Security Services, Office of the Library, Registrar’s Office, Scholarship and Financial Assistance Services Unit, Student Council Affairs Services Unit, Food Services/Housing Services Unit, Guidance and Counseling Services Unit, Sports, Culture and Arts Services Unit, SorSU DRRMO, ILDO/Career and Job Placement Services Unit, and Gender and Development Office.
Moreover, students from the College of Engineering and Architecture (CoEA) were the attendees for the afternoon session on Day 1. On the other hand, to accommodate the number of students in the COT, the College of Technology (COT) will have a two-day student orientation on August 30, 2023 and September 01, 2023, while the College of Business and Management (CBM) will hold its orientation on September 04, 2023 (Monday). The Graduate School is also scheduled to conduct its own orientation on September 2, 2023. (SorSU PIO)
